Seminole State College



Dear Students,Seminole State College has received the funding for the CARES Act to distribute to students. We are diligently working to finalize our systems and processes to distribute these funds quickly and efficiently. Please read below for what steps to take next...WHO IS ELIGIBLE?Any degree-seeking student who was actively enrolled in face-to-face instruction at Seminole State, enrolled in 3 or more hours during the Spring 2020 semester and who meets the federal eligibility requirements is eligible. Federal regulations require the following criteria to be met in order to be eligible to receive CARES Act funds:The student must meet Title IV criteria (for a list of the criteria, click here). (There is no eligibility connected to a student and/or parent’s income. You do NOT have to be Pell grant eligible to receive these funds.)SSC must document that the student has incurred expenses related to the disruption of campus operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.SSC must document that students understand the funds have to be used for expenses related to the disruption of campus operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.HOW DO I DOCUMENT THAT I AM ELIGIBLE?Title IV EligibilityIf you have completed a 19-20 or a 20-21 FAFSA and there are no further documents needed on your financial aid file, you have already demonstrated that you are Title IV eligible.If you have NOT completed a FAFSA, there are two options:Quickest! You can still complete a FAFSA (please keep in mind that your eligibility for these funds is NOT tied to your income. So long as you complete all of the fields and it processes with no flags, you have met the Title IV eligibility)If you are not going to complete a FAFSA, you can choose to complete the CARES Act Fund Eligibility Self Certification application on the student portal. We will have to manually verify your information. We will do so as expeditiously as possible, but this process may delay the funds.To document that you have incurred expenses and that you understand to use the funds for those expenses, ALL eligible students will need to complete the CARES Act Fund Application (3 easy questions, no submission of documentation required) on the student portal. HOW DO I SUBMIT EITHER APPLICATION?To log onto the student portal, please go to MYSSCOK, log in, go to My Financial Aid Information, click on “To access NetPartner click here.” If you have never logged onto this site before, please click “First Time User?” and follow the instructions. Once you log on, make sure the drop down on the upper right corner says “2019-2020”, go to Applications, select CARES Act Fund Application, answer the questions and click submit. If you have not do so and are not going to complete the FAFSA, you will need to follow the same directions and ALSO select CARES Act Fund Eligibility Self Certification application, answer the questions and click submit.WHEN DO I SUBMIT THE APPLICATION?NOW! The applications are available now and the sooner you get your application submitted, the sooner we can work on getting your funds to you. We will be taking applications until June 30, 2020. HOW MUCH WILL I RECEIVE?The amount of funds you receive will be $45 per credit hour for hours between 3 (minimum) and 15 (maximum) credit hours and will be based on your current enrollment as of March 23rd, 2020. For example, if you were enrolled in 15 credit hours as of March 23,2020, you will receive $675. Any classes dropped or withdrawn from after this date will still be included in the calculation. Any classes dropped or withdrawn from before this date will not be included. WHEN WILL I RECEIVE THESE FUNDS?As soon as your application is complete, you will receive your full disbursement at the next scheduled CARES fund disbursement date. SSC will be doing disbursements of these funds approximately every two weeks with the first disbursement happening Thursday, May 7, 2020. Disbursement dates will be published on MYSSCOK.HOW WILL I RECEIVE MY FUNDS?Once your funds are ready to be disbursed, your funds will be issued to you via your selected direct deposit designation (your student ID/Herring bank debit card or direct deposit into your personal checking account). To set up, review or change your direct deposit designation, you can do so on MYSSCOK. Please log onto MYSSCOK, go to Refund Options and click on “Click to submit Direct Deposit Designation.” If you cannot set up either of these methods, please contact the SSC Business Office at 405-382-9238 for more information.HOW WILL I KNOW WHEN MY FUNDS DISBURSE?You will receive an email to your SSC student email from Premier Pay notifying that your funds have disbursed.WHO CAN HELP ME?We will be holding two online information webinars on Monday, May 4th, one at 9 a.m. and one at 12 p.m. You can log onto the webinars by going to gotomeet.me/SSCService/SSCCares.If you have any questions or need one-on-one help submitting your documents, you can contact us in any of the following ways:Visit our virtual office at gotomeet.me/SSCService/FinAid (available M-F, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.)Email us at finaid@sscok.eduCall us at 405-382-9247All of us at SSC are committed to getting these funds to our students as quickly and efficiently as possible. We sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding!right10160000WILL THESE FUNDS PAY MY SSC BILL?If you currently owe money to SSC, these funds will NOT be applied to your bill. SSC is required by federal regulations to pay these funds directly to you, the student, without applying it to any charges owed. However, once you receive these funds, you can use these funds to pay your SSC balance. There are three ways to make a payment on your SSC account:Contact the SSC Business Office and make a payment over the phone. Call 405-382-9238.Make a one-time payment on MYSSCOK. You can do so by logging on, going to Students, then to Online Payment Options, select the year and term in the drop down box and following the remaining instructions. (Please allow 2 business days for your payment to be applied to your account.)Mail in a check to: Seminole State College, Attn: Business Office, PO Box 351, Seminole, OK 74818.Remember, you cannot enroll or get an official transcript if you have a balance on your SSC account.HOW DO I ENROLL FOR NEXT SEMESTER?There are multiple ways you can get enrolled for summer or fall. You can also find the class schedules by clicking here. Be sure your balance is paid and then do one of the following:Email or call your returning student advisorEmail our Enrollment group at advising@sscok.eduCall our Enrollment group at 405-382-9797A virtual meeting can also be set up for you! Just let the Enrollment group know when you contact them. Please know we are here to help! ................
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